Mine

By Lilian Moore 1909–2004 Lilian Moore

I made a sand castle.

In rolled the sea.

"All sand castles

belong to me—

to me,"

said the sea.

I dug sand tunnels.

In flowed the sea.

"All sand tunnels

belong to me—

to me,"

said the sea.

I saw my sand pail floating free.

I ran and snatched it from the sea.

"My sand pail

belongs to me—

to ME!"

Lilian Moore, “Mine” from I Feel the Same Way (New York: Atheneum, 1967). Copyright © 1967 by Lilian Moore. All Rights Renewed and Reserved. Used by permission of Marian Reiner.

Source: A Jar of Tiny Stars (1995)

Biography

Lilian Moore is an editor, educator, poet, and self-styled yarn-spinner who played a significant role in children's literature during the mid-to late twentieth century. As the first editor of the newly established Scholastic's Arrow Book Club from 1957 to 1967, Moore pioneered the program that made quality paperback books accessible and affordable for elementary school children throughout the United States. In addition, she has . . .

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